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Scripter-producers plan time-travel picture.

By Scott Collura

Fox has got a time-travel family film in development called Family History, and it's now got screenwriter Marc Haimes onboard to work on the script. Haimes is a former DreamWorks development exec with producer credits on pictures such as Men in Black II and The Legend of Zorro.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the film is being described as National Treasure meets Back to the Future. It's being shepherded by producers Cormac & Marianne Wibberley, who not so coincidentally were co-writers on the National Treasure movies. Michael Punke wrote the first draft of the script.

"It's an adventure about a family on a treasure hunt through time," said Haimes. "It has the kind of big idea that I loved working on as an executive. At DreamWorks, I never tried to brand myself. Working on lots of different types of movies was what I loved to do. I hope to have that same opportunity as a screenwriter."

Maybe the filmmakers can bring the National Treasure connection full circle and convince Nic Cage to play Ben Franklin in the past. It's about time for Cage to sport a new hairdo anyway...